Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-09-08
MONTANA MEMS.

Mr. Richie. 81 Becky Point. brought ui
( quite q nice l"t 81 Little Rocky gold dust
which he had taken in exchan.e for mer
chandse at h. store. The dust was sol,
/ 10 the First National Bank of this city
River Press.
/ &. T.. Storms. alias Y. Morrison. was ar
rested last week ia Helena on suspicion %
attempting to draw money ON warrant,
which belonged To other parties. lie wa,
/ placed under $500 bonds to appear bcfor.
the grand jury.
| horse thief named Faller escaped from
the 'hotean county Jail on August 9th
| He was captured on the 23th AT the Goa
Banks by Sheriff Black. lie was found il
dark stanty. having been hidden Their,
by three squaws.
At the late meeting Of the American Ban
Association Hon. D. :. Wade, of Helena
was appointed Vice-prcsident for Montana
T.. W. Toole. ~ Helena. ~. y. Blake. 81
Virginia City. and W. W. Dixon. Of Butte
were appointed council 81 administratio
for the Territory.
Messrs. Iiuntley & Clark, Of Toston.
have sold to W. II. Green the noted Cly,lcs.
dale stallion, Time O'Day. for 81 500
This horse was purcha sed by Mr.. Green to
use at the head Of his breeding esta blish.
,nent at Boulder. He il a great acauisi-
tion &" any breeding district having
been first in his class when shown
Herald.
A freight train is reported to have run
into a band Of thirteen deer the other day
near Heron. killing ak Of them. The scene
81 the slaughter was In cut at night and
the glare al the headlight zee, the deer.
Some Of them were frightfuly mangled and
the train men shot two Of them to end
their misery and brought the meat to
camp.-Missoula
Mr.. Walter Matheson day or two ago
received "a letter from the Crow reservation
saying that the Crows are to have a great
council on September 2d. at which time the
division III lands in severalty will be CON
sdered aud also ~ to whether the tribe
shall not take sheep in lieu Of cattle when
the giftsarcd'-tributed. When the Indians
become shcep-hertlers theirdays Of savagery
are red.-lndependent.
Iioskins 4 McGirl, Of Billings. and W. 4.
Harrison. OF Sweet GRASS, Montana. have
been succes-ful in the extirmina,iou of
prairie dogs. They accomplished this end
'y scattering around the prairie dog hole.
heap rai-ins which had breu soaked in -
solution Of stryehnne. They bay cheap
'aisins by the hoN. The proportion of the
'olution is one bottle 81 strychnine tn five
allons nf water. 1t is sure work stock.
growers Journal.
stock tender named Joe Cook, living !
evenfcen miles from Bozeman on the stage
Dad to virginia City, reports that two |
men. armed to the teet h. entered his shac, |
bout midnight on the 22d ultimo. aud, |
lftcr giving him gentle reminder to keep |
Is quiet as possible. proceeded to relieve |
i'm of what little money he had and u suit |
y clothes which he had recently purchased.
The thieves then departed and have not
lnce been heard from. Cook estimates his
,ss in money and clothing at ST5.--
oirier.
Mr.. Joseph Dennison arrived from the
wet Grass mines IL few days ago. bringing
bou; twenty five ounces Of gold dust. lie
in purchasing supplies aud will return to
he camp immediately. lie reposts thirty
We or forty men in camp, nearly all of
HON are claim owners. Labor is scarce,
81 per day. The miners
ill have good sluice head of water
l,ich promises tolast until winter. There
ave been frequent rains thus summer " hich
ave kept the water supply up. Some
'artz discoveries have been made in the
Ills, but no effort has been made at tlevel-
pnent, as the mines are ON AN Indian RES
walton and titles to quartz leads cannot
; secured. The quartz carries gold and is
the free milling character. There is no ;
,ubt but that fine quartz camp will he i
'velolcd there when the reservation is
rown open.-Riyer Press. '
Butte special Ia the Independent says:
a unusual and amusing coincidence has c
en- the talk Of the town to-day. There !
. two Peter Martins in Butte, one of }
en- an employee OF the Wakc-ul-Jim mine
ID the other II night barkecper at the co. :
que. Both had wives in Portland and n
v days ago the miner telesraphed his wife
Portland money to come ON to Butte,
d told her to come at once. The money
d message were received by the wife of !,
. barkeeper. Her return message was h
livered to the miner Martin. To-day he 4
mt to the depot to meet his wife, and
70 disappointed and alarmed ut not find
. her. Mrs. Martin. the vile Of the bar :,
sper, was also disappointed at not find d
; her husband at the depot. After some T.
arch she discovered him asleep in his
nm. Explanations followed, the miner =
,rtin was looked up and his money re- \
lded, aud the first Mrs. Martin will ar II
e in Butte as soon as the train can
ing her. -
The ma sscnycr which lsft R;II;,,.